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mile on iMs meridian I ran 'base lines due east and west astronomically six miles 

 to intersect a meridian on the east, surveyed by me in 1911, and to connect with a 

 meridian on the west which I afterwards ran due north astronomically eighteen 

 miles from the end of the twelfth mile on my first base line. I also produced the 

 north boundary of the Township of St. Louis west astronomically a distance of 

 forty-two chains and fifty-six links to intersect the west boundary of the Township 

 of Jack, which meridian had just been surveyed by Ontario Land Surveyor, Walter 

 Smith, my base line produced intersecting Mr. Smith's meridian one chain and 

 seventy links north of the point at which he had established the south-west angle 

 of the Township of Jack. All lines in connection with the above survey were well 

 -opened out — ^^blazed — chained and posted. At each of the angles of the various 

 i;ownships, iron posts — one and one-half inches in diameter — three feet long and 

 :painted red, were planted; on these posts the names facing the respective town- 

 ships, were cut with a cold chisel. On the meridian lines durable wooden posts 

 six inches square were planted at the end of each mile with the number of miles 

 said posts are distant, north of the south-east or south-west angle of the adjacent 

 townships, cut on the south side with a scribing iron, durable posts four inches 

 square and similarly marked with the half-mile points were also planted. On all 

 lines running east and west durable posts six inches square were planted at the end 

 of each mile with the number of miles said posts are distant west of the south- 

 east or north-east angle of the adjacent townships, cut on the east side with a 

 scribing iron — durable posts four inches square similarly marked with the half- 

 mile posts were also planted. Going west along the south boundaries of the 

 Townships of Westbrook and Vrooman the line passes over an undulating sandy 

 country timbered with Banksian pine, spruce, white birch, poplar, balsam and 

 cedar, with alder and willow underbrush and considerable windfall; spruce 

 swamps of considerable extent are also met with all along this line. No white or 

 red pine suitable for lumbering is seen, but much of the Banksian pine and 

 spruce is of a considerable size, and, besides being valuable as pulpwood, would, I 

 am sure, make a good quality of lumber. Going north along the west boundaries 

 of the Townships of Westbrook, Champagne and Groves the character of the 

 country is much the same as far north as Minniesinaqua Lake, where it becomes 

 rocky and broken. Along the sixth mile of the west boundary of the Township 

 of Westbrook and first mile of the west boundary of the Township of Champagne 

 considerable good red and white pine up to twenty-four inches in diameter is 

 seen. Along the west boundary of the Township of Groves — east of Minniesin- 

 aqua Lake a considerable area of spruce swamp is passed over, also a small patch 

 which has just been destroyed by fire — no doubt burnt in connection with fire 

 used for clearing the right-of-way of the Canadian Northern Railway which lies a 

 short distance east at this point. 



Going north along the west boundaries of the Townships of Vrooman, Ben- 

 neweiss and St. Louis for the first two miles, the line passes over an undulating 

 •sandy country covered almost exclusively with scrubby Banksian pine, and from 

 this point to the end of the fifth mile on the west boundary of the Township of 

 Vrooman, the line passes over a gently undulating sandy plain almost destitute 

 of living timber. Along the sixth mile of the west boundary of the Township of 

 Vroom-an and the first and second miles of the west boundary of the Township 

 of Benneweiss, the character of the land is much the same but the timber has been 

 destroyed by fire some years ago and is now replaced by small Banksian pine, poplar 

 and white birch, known as Brule country. 



